Khalifa University registers 300 international patents

Khalifa University of Science and Technology revealed that it has registered 300 patents, while the number of its applications for patents under study exceeded 700 applications, as a result of its focus on research and its possession of 13 research centers, seven basic laboratories, and four research groups in five main fields, which qualified it to lead the country’s universities with the largest number of patents. Patents.

Khalifa University of Science and Technology was ranked among the top 10 global universities in providing research with an effective impact, according to the “QS” classification in the field of quality of research results published within the top 10% of scientific journals, as the university achieved the highest number of citations and their impact, according to data from the “QS” system. Civale, which specializes in analyzing research performance, and according to a classification by QS, more than 57% of Khalifa University’s research was published in the best international scientific journals, and achieved the highest Average citations per research paper this year, compared to the top 10 global universities.

Khalifa University has maintained its continued progress at the international level, by maintaining its presence in the global university classification indicators and improving its positions in the global ranking, which has made it a center for attracting international students and professors, as the university ranked 27th in the world in the Times Emerging Universities 2024 classification, and it also jumped to the position 40th in Asia, according to the results of the Times Higher Education University Rankings in Asia 2024. Khalifa University achieved fourth place in the Arab world, according to the results of the latest report of the QS Foundation for Arab Universities Rankings 2025.

Khalifa University advanced 28 places to maintain first place in the UAE for the seventh year in a row, and ranked 202nd in the world in the “QS” classification of world universities for the year 2025, and ranked in the list of places between 251-300 according to the Times Foundation evaluation. It was also ranked among the top 800 universities in the world in the latest edition of the Shanghai Ranking (Arwu), in addition to entering the list of the top 1000 global universities, according to the CWUR classification, one of the most comprehensive classifications in the field of higher education and scientific research.

The number of research published by Khalifa University reached 7,018 scientific research from 2022 to 2024, and it obtained a rate of 2.21 in the impact of field-based citations, which indicates that the number of citations obtained by its published research exceeds about twice the global average of citations obtained by similar research. her in the world.

President of Khalifa University, Professor Ibrahim Saeed Al Hajri, said: “We are proud of this remarkable progress that Khalifa University continues to achieve in its research results after implementing a series of strategic initiatives. This progress confirms the university’s efforts to build and develop the human capital of students and members of the academic staff, the distinguished level enjoyed by our researchers, the appropriate environment for conducting research and the appropriate infrastructure provided by the university, which contributed to obtaining the best research results and creating a database of intellectual property related to the objectives. The strategy of the UAE regarding the knowledge economy.

Global researchers

The ScholarGPS platform rankings included 15 members of the academic staff at Khalifa University in the list of top-ranked researchers, who constitute the top 0.05% of researchers in the world, and classified 29 other members among the top 0.5% of researchers in the world.

In addition, the Stanford-Elsevier University list included 112 members of the academic staff at Khalifa University among the top 2% of scientists in the world for the current year, making this the second time that Khalifa University topped the universities in the UAE in this list, as it was previously included. 45 members of its academic staff are on the 2019 list.

“Saival” system

The CIVAL system relies on a field-based citation impact criterion to evaluate the impact of research by comparing the number of citations in a paper with the number expected to be included in similar publications.

This strong performance reflects Khalifa University’s commitment to publishing high-quality research that contributes to the advancement of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It continues to enhance its influence in the research field at the global level, because more than 76% of its total collaborative activities and research partnerships have an international dimension.

Professor Ibrahim Al-Hajri:

. The remarkable progress in research results reflects the university’s efforts to build and develop human capital among students and academic staff members.

. 700 university patents are under study.

. 7018 scientific papers published by the university in two years.